🚀 Financial Time Machine

Welcome to Financial Time Machine – a smart way to visualize your future finances using AI-driven predictions. Designed to empower users with personalized financial scenarios, insights, and intelligent advice.

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📌 Project Overview

Financial Time Machine allows users to simulate "what-if" financial scenarios and analyze future trends. Whether you're planning for a big purchase, investments, or just curious about how your current lifestyle may impact your future savings, this tool helps visualize it in a meaningful way.

Inspired by real-world financial planning needs and backed by predictive logic, this app aims to make future finances less of a mystery and more of a choice.

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✨ Key Features

• 🔮 What-If Scenarios – Simulate possible future outcomes based on your income, expenses, and investment strategies.
• 📊 Analytics Dashboard – Visual representation of financial projections and behavior trends.
• 🧠 AI Financial Advisor – Smart suggestions based on user input and financial patterns.
• 🔐 Privacy First – No sensitive data is stored; everything runs locally on your machine.
• 📱 Responsive UI – Clean, user-friendly design built using Chakra UI.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Tools Used
Frontend	React, Vite
UI Framework	Chakra UI
Routing	React Router
Charting (Optional)	Recharts / Chart.js (if added later)
State Handling	useState, useEffect, useMemo, React.memo
Development Tools	VSCode, Git, GitHub

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📂 Folder Structure

financial-time-machine/
├── public/
│   └── index.html
├── src/
│   ├── assets/
│   │   └── logo.png
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── Header.jsx
│   │   ├── Footer.jsx
│   │   ├── FinancialProjectionChart.jsx
│   │   └── FinancialCard.jsx
│   ├── pages/
│   │   ├── Home.jsx
│   │   ├── Scenarios.jsx
│   │   ├── Analytics.jsx
│   │   ├── Advisor.jsx
│   │   └── NotFound.jsx
│   ├── utils/
│   │   └── calculations.js
│   ├── App.jsx
│   ├── main.jsx
│   └── theme.js
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
├── vite.config.js
└── README.md

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🧑‍💻 Setup Instructions

Follow the steps below to run the app locally:

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Sumit01-tech/financial-time-machine.git

# 2. Navigate into the folder
cd financial-time-machine

# 3. Install dependencies
npm install

# 4. Start the development server
npm run dev

App will be live at http://localhost:5174 (or similar port)

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🔗 Deployment Link

Live Version: https://financial-time-machine-application-24zn.vercel.app

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🎥 Video Presentation

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xzcDvv60teJxBQcHezIvzE7kYvLTZ-l8/view?usp=sharing)

(Hosted on Google Drive)

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✅ Final Checklist

• GitHub repo with clean code
• README with setup, features, and tech stack
• Public video presentation link
• Deployed link added in README
• All links tested in incognito mode
• Team members mentioned in presentation (if needed)

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👨‍💻 Team Members

Name	Role
Sumit Gourav	Solo Developer 🧑‍💻

This project was built entirely by Sumit Gourav as a solo effort.

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🏁 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.